U.S. stocks are closing sharply higher after China's main stock index logged its biggest gain in eight weeks. A report also showed that the U.S. economy expanded at a much faster pace than previously estimated.
Metro Atlanta will use approximately 25 percent less water in 2050 than was projected in 2009, according to a long-range forecast from the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, which includes Hall County.
Gwinnett County commissioners have changed the county's land-use plan to encourage technology and development companies to locate on a stretch of Highway 316.
State environmental officials will vote Wednesday on a plan to allow less Chattahoochee River water, at times, to flow south of Atlanta, a proposal seen by downstream interests as a way to keep more water in Lake Lanier.
Hall County Government's Resource Recovery program recently was named Outstanding Government Recycling Leader in the state for 2015 by the Georgia Recycling Coalition.
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation (Sawnee EMC) officials announced a rate decrease Monday, following a reduction in a component the EMC uses to calculate bills.
